Glen Line

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The firm had its roots in the co-operation between the Gow and McGregor families in Glasgow in the 1850s. Alan C Gow was a voyage broker, James McGregor organised the freight to fill the ships and by 1860 they were in partnership.

In 1867 Alan Gow had the sailing ship Estrella de Chile built to ply the route between Glasgow, Liverpool, and Chile via Cape Horn. She was wrecked in 1888. In 1868 the partners bought the barque Glenavon. She was the first of their ships to have the Glen- prefix in her name.{{cite web |url=http://www.red-duster.co.uk/GLEN.htm |title=Glen Line |work=The Red Duster |publisher=Merchant Navy Association |access-date=28 October 2015 |archive-date=20 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020011535/http://www.red-duster.co.uk/GLEN.htm |url-status=dead }}{{cite book |last=Meighan |first=Michael |year=2013 |title=Scotland's Lost Industries |place=Stroud |publisher=Amberley Publishing |isbn=978-1-4456-2401-3 |page=264 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=UD6IAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT264}} In 1881 the firm had the iron-hulled steamship Glenavon built. She was wrecked off the coast of China in 1898, killing 53 people.{{cite book |last=Greenway |first=Ambrose |year=2009 |title=Cargo Liners: An Illustrated History |place=Barnsley |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |isbn=978-1-84832-129-8 |page=14 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Spj9AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA14 }}

In 1911, Elder Dempster and Co acquired The Glen Line. During the First World War Glen Line lost five ships to U-boat attacks, including its first motor ship, {{MV|Glenartney|1915|2}}, in 1918.

In 1922, the Glen Line opened its new building on the Bund in Shanghai. The shipping agency occupied the first floor and the upper floors were rented out.[http://english.eastday.com/english/e/shmb/u1a4021457.html The Glen Line Building - built in 1922 (No. 28, The Bund)], Shanghai Eastday

The Glen Line was sold to Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel line in 1935. The company lost two further ships to U-boat attacks in the Second World War.

By 1978 all Glen Line ships had been sold.

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• {{cite book |last=Robins |first=Nick |year=2014 |title=Scotland and the Sea: The Scottish Dimension in Maritime History |place=Barnsley |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |isbn=978-1-84832-750-4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=7TwRBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT77}}

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• {{cite web |url= https://bulger.co.uk/glenline/ |last=Bulger |first=Dr Gerard |title=Welcome to a Glen Line Archive and Links}}
• {{cite web |url= http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/McGregor,_Gow_and_Co |title=McGregor, Gow and Co |date=13 July 2012 |work=Grace's Guide to British Industrial History}}
• {{cite web |url= http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/238.html |title=House Flag, Glen Line Ltd |work=Collections |publisher=Royal Museums Greenwich}}
• {{cite web |url= http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/glen.shtml |title=Glen Line |last1=Swiggum |first1=Susan |last2=Kohli |first2=Marjorie |work=TheShipsList |publisher=Susan Swiggum & Stephen Morse}}

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Category:1867 establishments in Scotland

Category:Defunct shipping companies of the United Kingdom

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